I quickly realized, this song is gonna follow you, so you're either gonna let it bother you, or you gotta make peace with it, and feel blessed that you were involved with something that touched so many people.
Everyone knows a song that just makes them feel amazing and want to jump up and down. One of the most successful cover songs of all time, I Love Rock N Roll is Joan Jett & the Blackhearts gender-swapped rendition of the 1975 version of the. Speaking about the song in a 2008 interview with Mojo magazine Jett said, "I think most people who love some kind of rock 'n' roll can relate to it. Welcome to the Joan Jett and The Blackhearts Official Store Shop online for Joan Jett and The Blackhearts merchandise, t-shirts, clothing, apparel. And even at her own shows, she generally performs 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' in the middle of sets bookended by 'Bad Reputation' and 'I Hate Myself For Loving You'. Even when she was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015, she opted to play other songs over this one. I Love Rock n Roll Songtext von Joan Jett and the Blackhearts mit Lyrics, deutscher bersetzung, Musik-Videos und Liedtexten kostenlos auf. And it sealed Joan Jett's image as a tough rock star who was able to rival her male counterparts as a performer and musician and would go on to inspire female musicians for decades.īut despite the song's epic journey and what it did for her career, Jett has often tried to downplay it. All rights reserved.Not only did the song become a massive hit that would define the hard rock genre for women, but it was also, for many, a song about female empowerment. In 2016, Jett & the Blackhearts’ version of “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.Ĭopyright © 2021, ABC Audio. The I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 and has gone on to sell more than a million copies in the U.S. The album, which was split between original tunes written or co-written by Joan and cover tunes, also included memorable renditions of The Dave Clark Five‘s 1964 smash “Bits and Pieces,” doo-woop group The Halos‘ 1961 hit “Nag” and the holiday classic “Little Drummer Boy.” The album also included Jett & the Blackhearts’ second-highest-charting single, a cover of Tommy James and the Shondells‘ 1969 #1 hit “ Crimson and Clover” that reached #7 on the Hot 100 for Joan and company. I saw him dancin there by the record machine I knew he mustve been about 17 The beat was. It’s Jett’s only song ever to top the chart, and was the third-best-selling track in the U.S. Lyrics for I Love Rock N Roll by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. Joan Jetts heartfelt reworking of the Arrows I Love Rock & Roll became an international hit in 1982 and turned her career around. The title track, which was written by Arrows members Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker, became a massive hit for Jett & the Blackhearts, spending seven consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the spring of 1982. The original Blackhearts lineup featured guitarist Eric Ambel, bassist Gary Ryan and drummer Lee Crystal although Ambel was replaced early on during the sessions by Ricky Byrd. I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll was Jett’s second album following the 1979 breakup of her influential all-female group The Runaways, and the first that she released with her longtime backing band The Blackhearts. glam-rock group The Arrows‘ 1975 tune of the same name. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Joan Jett‘s most successful album, I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll, which features the pop-punk legend’s signature song, her classic cover of U.K.
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